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18 November 2005
Established in 1994, the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary is under siege like never before. This year nearly one thousand whales can expect to find no quarter or refuge in the protected waters around the Antarctic. They will be hunted down and killed in the name of science: they will be measured, weighed, cut up and boxed for market, all too often simply remaining on the freezer shelves because so few people relish the taste of whale meat.
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18 November 2005
In recent years, Japan’s pro-whaling lobbyists have deployed a series of excuses for continuing the hunt, despite the existence since 1986 of a global commercial whaling
moratorium. First comes science: to gather much needed data, they claim, in order to restart commercial whaling on a sustainable basis. Second, comes culture: Japan’s
long tradition of whaling and the dietary importance of whale meat. Finally, a new and possibly the silliest, argument has been added: whales eat fish and are threatening fish stocks.
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18 November 2005
This year Greenpeace is mounting the most ambitious ship expedition it has ever done and you are invited to join us. We will set sail together, you on the web, Greenpeace on
the water. We will witness a year in the life of our oceans, we will act to stop the destruction, see the beauty and benefit of those areas still untouched, and we will show
where and how the ocean parks will work. We want a million Ocean Defenders to sail with us and we want you to become one of those million.
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